The original purpose of repairing the FTL Communication Array had been to restore contact with the other colony ships that had been separated from them all those years ago.
Yet even the naturally optimistic sirens clearly understood how slim those odds were.
Too much time had passed... Far too many years had passed since the fleet fled their homeworld and the colony ships lost contact with one another. Even the ageless, immortal sirens struggled against such vast spans of time, and the boundless darkness of the universe would have swallowed many things over those years.
Queen Petia looked up at the antenna tower components slowly rotating high above. She knew these components had lain dormant for far too long—the sirens should have repaired these Key Systems sooner. Yet the rejection imposed by the rules of this world had delayed her sisters on this strange planet for far too long. By the time they could finally fully understand this world and sense the omnipresent "magic"... the world had already changed beyond recognition.
But the sirens still poured tremendous enthusiasm into this endeavor, along with immense hope. They knew how much time they had already wasted, yet they did not care—they were a slow but tenacious species, long accustomed to spending vast stretches of time on a simple task. Just as the sirens' cherished proverb said:
As long as you begin, it is never too late.
Besides... although the antenna system had failed to receive signals from the other colony ships as everyone had hoped, it had brought an unexpected discovery. The reactivated receiving units had heard voices echoing among the stars. This universe was not as empty and desolate as they had first imagined—and the most unusual of those voices seemed capable of helping the sirens' new allies resolve the trouble